Chapter 54 – Audition Participants’ Personality Evaluation Score Sheet

On Sunday afternoon, Ju Ha-yul was lying on her bed, rolling around and watching reels.

“Kekekeke… Fucking hilarious.”

While she was looking through various videos for a while,

Ding, a notification popped up at the top of her phone.

[Email Arrival Notification – Sent to all M-TVS Produce 102 audition participants…]

“Huh? What is it?”

Ju Ha-yul, who was lying down, got up, went to her desk, and opened her laptop.

When she clicked the email, there was an email from the writer of the audition program she had participated in.

From: M-TVS Produce 102 Writer

To: Trainee Ju Ha-yul

Subject: Sending the evaluation sheet to M-TVS Produce 102 audition participants.

To inform you of your personal development and the fairness of the program, we are sending you the scorecard evaluated by the judges.

We hope this will be helpful for the participant’s growth in the future.

– M-TVS Production Team

Attachment: Overall Evaluation Data (Ju Ha-yul).pdf

Click.

[Performance Scorecard]

– Lacks basic skills, but has a sense of rhythm…

– Total Score: 88 (B+)

– Judge: Gamin

“Wow, B+!!! Why is my dance score so high? Oh, Teacher Gamin…”

“I was planning to quit being an idol now, but at this rate, it might be okay to keep doing it? Oh yeah~”

Seeing the higher-than-expected dance score, Ju Ha-yul suddenly jumped up from her seat and began to dance a strange dance. Although it was a frantic move with her hands and feet moving separately, the corners of her mouth reached all the way to her ears.

However, her expression stiffened immediately upon looking at the next item.

[Personality Evaluation Scorecard]

Self-Transcendence –5

Honesty –5

Frankness –5

…

– Active interpersonal relationships and has leadership, but repeatedly lies about academic achievements…

– Total Score: 68 (D+)

– Judge: Geum Nae-yeong

“What…???”

Ha-yul’s eyes grew wide.

Her total personality score was 68 points, Grade D.

The moment she saw Geum Nae-yeong’s name written at the very bottom, a strong sense of betrayal welled up in her mind.

“What is this, seriously? Did I pass the 1st round because of dance? My personality score is the lowest! Hah!! What is this, really!!”

As Ju Ha-yul jumped up from her chair and stomped her feet, Chief Kim Mi-yeong, who was watching TV in the living room, rushed over in surprise.

“What’s wrong now? Did your grades drop again? It’s fine. Mom doesn’t even expect anything anymore. It was enough that you got a grade 8 once.”

“Ah, I don’t know, it’s really annoying! I’m going to call him Mister Geum from now on!”

As Ha-yul buried her face in the pillow and yelled, “Ah, seriously!”,

Chief Kim Mi-yeong glanced at her daughter once and then turned her gaze to the laptop screen.

“No, what on earth are you doing this for…”

A moment later, Kim Mi-yeong’s eyes widened.

“Oh my, oh my? What… Why is your personality score 68…

My goodness… I didn’t even know that and packed *japchae* and side dishes for Lawyer Geum…”

Kim Mi-yeong began to read the evaluation report word by word in detail.

During the time when that sense of betrayal toward Geum Nae-yeong was flying back and forth, the group chat room of the Produce 102 participants began to catch fire.

[M-TVS Produce 102 Trainees Group Chat]

Hee-ya: Isn’t this seriously absurd?

In the qualitative evaluation, he wrote about me: ‘Since social basic manners are still lacking, needs to learn more about community life.’ It’s fucking absurd?

Min-ji: Hul what, that’s too harsh?

A-ri: I am Geum Nae-yeong’s anti starting today. He says I have no manners toward adults. What does that even mean? Seriously absurd… It’s not like he’s a Joseon scholar.

Se-yeong: It is written like that for me too.

He even said about me: ‘Has manners on stage, but manners disappear when stepping down. A fascinating phenomenon.’

What on earth does that mean?

Seo-bin: So annoying, for me it says: ‘Said “Lawyer, please buy me something” about 10 times. Education on economic concepts is required.’ What does that mean?

If he’s an adult, can’t he just buy something?

Won-a: He says the habit of speech I need to correct is habitually asking, ‘Am I pretty?’ Isn’t that absurd?

Can’t an idol trainee even ask if she’s pretty?

Min-ji: But you do… say that quite often.

Won-a: Hey! What did you just say??

The group chat room became a battlefield in an instant.

A series of fiery message notifications popped up on the screen.

At that time, Geum Nae-yeong was heading toward the YouTube studio with a calm face as usual.

“Is it here?”

The end of an ordinary alley, 1st floor of a low villa building.

A small sign was attached to the entrance.

[MuseTube Studio]

He said as he opened the door and walked in.

“Hello. I am Geum Nae-yeong, who has an appointment for a meeting today.”

For a moment, the inside of the office fell quiet.

The staff members sitting in front of their computers looked at Geum Nae-yeong at the same time.

“Oh… He’s handsome.”

“He looks much better in person.”

Small whispered words were heard. At that moment, the PD in charge came out from the inside and approached Geum Nae-yeong.

“Hello. I am the PD in charge, Seok Mo-yeong.”

“Yes, I am Geum Nae-yeong.”

The PD smiled as he scanned Geum Nae-yeong’s attire.

“Oh, Lawyer. You could have just come comfortably. You came dressed so neatly.”

“I came comfortably. I didn’t wear a tie.”

Geum Nae-yeong said calmly without a single change in his expression.

And then he stared blankly at PD Seok Mo-yeong as if telling him to say the next thing.

At his gaze, the PD froze for a moment, then hurriedly guided Geum Nae-yeong to the conference room.

Inside the conference room, the YouTuber Pak-beolle, the writer, and the camera operators had already taken their places.

“Hello, this is Pak-beolle.”

The YouTuber Pak-beolle held out his hand in an energetic manner.

“Yes. Nice to meet you.” Geum Nae-yeong greeted briefly.

“Wow, brother~ I saw you in clips a few times before, and you really have a great face. You would be popular wherever you go~”

Pak-beolle spoke to Geum Nae-yeong with a joke mixed in. Geum Nae-yeong tilted his head.

“What does ‘clipping’ mean?”

“Ah, haha. As expected of a lawyer, you don’t know much about this, right? The parts of YouTube videos where only the funny parts are cut out and circulated. We call those ‘clips’.”

“I see. Clips.”

Geum Nae-yeong nodded.

As if he disliked structured meetings, once the meeting officially began, the YouTuber Pak-beolle started to show off by tossing out various comments and interrupting others.

“Ah, I prefer things popping up spontaneously on the spot rather than a meeting like this…

Are everyone’s ideas a bit lacking?”

He crossed out the printed script with a pen.

“Look, isn’t the tone of this script too rigid? Who does it so obviously these days.

We need to bring out some reality and realism, don’t we? Why is everyone so complacent?”

The PD and the writer exchanged glances.

“Then as for the script revision…”

“Ah, whatever, my mouth is tired from talking. Let’s take a short break.”

He walked over to a sofa on one side of the office and suddenly lay down spread-eagled.

But that was only for a moment.

Pak-beolle stood up again, sat at the table, and began to speak at his own discretion.

“Oh, right. This.”

Pak-beolle pulled out something like a drink from his bag and showed it.

“My classmate recently started a new business. For now, since I haven’t received any money, it’s not an ad.

We can just take a sip in passing during the broadcast. I was going to just drink it, but I’m letting you know first.”

The PD asked cautiously.

“But… if you’re going to receive a separate payment later, that might count as an advertisement?”

Pak-beolle’s expression stiffened immediately.

“Geez… You’re saying something frustrating again. Let’s make it easy, hey. Do I run this place for free? Huh?

If I don’t bring in things like that, can we survive on broadcast revenue? How are we going to handle your salaries, production costs, and all of that!

It’s not like it’s a day or two, let’s get some sense, huh?”

At Pak-beolle’s irritation, the PD shut his mouth without a word.

At that moment, Geum Nae-yeong spoke quietly.

“Violation of the Act on Fair Labeling and Advertising can be punished by imprisonment for up to two years or a fine of up to 150 million won.

If caught doing undercover advertising, a penalty surcharge of up to 2% of sales revenue can also be imposed on the business operator.”

In an instant, the atmosphere in the conference room became desolate.

‘Wow… Showing off what he knows just because he’s a lawyer again? I get it. I get it.’

Pak-beolle forced a smile and changed the subject.

“No. Don’t misunderstand. It was just a figure of speech, hahaha. Lawyer brother.

Then this time, I will display the ad label clearly! I’ll do it properly. Instead, please take a sip and give a good reaction, brother.”

At his words, everyone let out a fake laugh as if on cue.

“Hahaha… We look forward to working with you.”

The writer shifted the topic slightly as if to redirect the conversation, pointing at the script in front of them with her finger.

“Oh, right… And Lawyer. Subscribers like it when you answer naturally and right away during live streams.

So, rather than reading too rigidly during the broadcast, it would be good if you could slightly memorize the script beforehand.”

Geum Nae-yeong immediately nodded.

And he opened the script without a word.

*Flick, flick*, the pages flipped, cutting through the air.

After confirming with his eyes up to the last page a moment later, he neatly handed the script to the writer.

“I’ve read it all. Memorization complete. There will be no mistakes on the day of the broadcast.”

Flustered by the expressionless Geum Nae-yeong, the writer asked again.

“Pardon???”

The writer, the PD, and Pak-beolle looked at him at the same time.

“No… You memorized all of it?”

Pak-beolle asked with an disbelieving face.

“Yes. Once I see it, I memorize all of it.”

Pak-beolle chuckled.

“Oh, brother, you’re lying. You didn’t even look at it for 5 minutes just now, did you? No, did you look at it for about 2 minutes? You bluff too much, brother. Hahaha.”

Geum Nae-yeong tilted his head slightly and said expressionlessly.

“Ask me. Anything.”

Pak-beolle folded his arms, then soon stood up.

Then, after flipping through the script pages quickly, he asked a question.

“Hmm… Then, a predicted Korean history question! Who is the musician from Geumgwan Gaya?”

“It is Ureuk.”

Geum Nae-yeong’s answer was brief and certain.

“Also, Ureuk is from Daegaya, not Geumgwan Gaya. He defected to Silla in 551. It is written incorrectly in the script.”

In an instant, the conference room stirred.

“Ohhh!”

“Heol, he even corrected the incorrect part while memorizing the script?”

Looking at Geum Nae-yeong in fascination, Pak-beolle clapped his hands.

“Wow~ We really cast the right person. The school’s 1st place who inputs everything into his brain at a single glance, he’s the genius we’ve only heard about, isn’t he?”

The writer said with an admiring smile.

“The live stream is going to be a huge hit, isn’t it? Even if we throw impromptu questions, you’ll memorize and answer right away, won’t you?”

Geum Nae-yeong still did not show any change in expression.

“That… would depend on the level of the question.”

In that way, the people of the YouTube studio came to look forward to the broadcast with Geum Nae-yeong.

***

The day of the YouTube live stream.

“Hello, everyone!

This is Pak-beolle of !”

“Today, as announced in advance, we’ll go with a collab feel!

Today’s topic is .

Well, today’s guest! We welcome Lawyer Geum Nae-yeong!”

Geum Nae-yeong appeared. Suit attire, neat face.

The comment section exploded in an instant.

– Al-al: Oh, you brought the lawyer brother lol

– Nae-kweol: Looking forward to it

– Sniper: Chat room expected to be clean today lol If you want to insult him, prepare money

Pop-ddong-garu donated 1,000 won.

– Geum-eun-dong-nae-yeong: Expected to be fucking funny lol

– Stock Chung: If you’re a genius, recommend some stocks…

– Mung: Agreed

The chat went up so quickly that Geum Nae-yeong could not even keep up with the screen.

Pak-beolle shouted in an excited voice.

“Well then, Lawyer! How on earth does the school’s 1st place study?”